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Stevens Decoys website discounts
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Stevens Decoys website discounts

I'm offering your choice of 3 discounts to the first 50 collectors: 1. The Essential Guide to Stevens Decoys book (regularly $39.95) for...
From Heads to Tails
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From Heads to Tails

Guest essay by collector Mark Malys. Being a passionate decoy collector, I am constantly admiring, appreciating, and critiquing my...
Stevens Decoy Database Subscription
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Stevens Decoy Database Subscription

About 2 years ago, I digitized all my records and photos of Stevens Decoys into a database. Some days I pushed myself 16 hours non-stop;...
The Great Generational Succession
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The Great Generational Succession

The fathers of collecting Stevens Decoys are Frank Ash and Hal Evans. They gave us “The Stevens Story”, published in the 1966-67 Decoy...
The van Gogh of Decoy Makers
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The van Gogh of Decoy Makers

I've said before that I think Harvey A. Stevens is the Vincent van Gogh of decoy makers. Yes, I wish upon a Starry Night that Harvey's...
Would Joel Barber be proud of us?
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Would Joel Barber be proud of us?

I begin with my regards and compliments to Zac Cote of Guyette & Deeter for his description of the "Stevens Brothers" decoys being...
The Black Swans of Stevens
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The Black Swans of Stevens

In his book, The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb reveals how rare, and inevitable, events are often ignored and, when understood, may...
Everyone should own a Stevens Decoy
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Everyone should own a Stevens Decoy

It seems only fair that every man, woman and child ought to own a Stevens Decoy. If not for perfect entitlement, then, at least, to...
What's my Stevens worth?
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What's my Stevens worth?

Every so often I'm asked to value a Stevens Decoy. Determining how much a buyer is willing to pay and a Seller willing to accept should...
Those are mallards, by George...
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Those are mallards, by George...

One of the more interesting and useful areas of Stevens study is comparing decoys made by Harvey to those made by George. George wasn’t...
Getting downright Darwinian
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Getting downright Darwinian

Anas platyrhynchos lignum (Mallard duck in wood) Let's explore the evolution of a Stevens Decoy in the manner of Charles Darwin. In order...
Who Made that Sleeper?
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Who Made that Sleeper?

Guest essay by Travis Bryant There has always been a layer of uncertainty when determining who made any specific Stevens Sleeper Decoy. ...
Building a Private Collection.
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Building a Private Collection.

I can no better understand why someone would collect baseball cards or toy tractors as they can understand my reason for collecting duck...
Ebay Redhead Evaluation
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Ebay Redhead Evaluation

Guest essay by Travis Bryant Currently a Harvey Stevens Redhead Decoy is being offered on Ebay. See Listing. The auction will end on...
Murder on the Postal Express
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Murder on the Postal Express

In October 2012, I agreed to loan a very rare Stevens Mallard hen decoy to the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art for an exhibition. I had...
Firewood
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Firewood

Guest essay by Travis Bryant What is an antique decoy to you? Is it art; a piece of history that tells a story; a woodcarving...
I love decoys and...ratios!?!
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I love decoys and...ratios!?!

A large database gives us the opportunity to extract useful ratios. The larger the sample size – the more accurate the ratios. In each of...
Soldiers in the W.S.O. rig
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Soldiers in the W.S.O. rig

Sometime around 1890, Harvey Stevens received a large order for decoys from Dr. William S. Overton of Binghamton, New York. Dr. Overton...
Stevens branded shorebirds?
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Stevens branded shorebirds?

Years ago I'd get a call or an email every month from someone asking if the Stevens Brothers of Weedsport ever made shorebird decoys. The...
Some rules get broken, some don't...
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Some rules get broken, some don't...

In The Essential Guide To Stevens Decoys, published in 2004, I set forth "Ten Missing Records or Ten Valuable Rules" in Chapter VIII. I...
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